file upload - JavaScript Play Uploaded Audio

Question

How do I make it so that when audio is uploaded it can be played? I used this code, but it didn't work.

<input type="file" id="audio" onchange="playFile(this)" />
<audio id="sound"></audio>
<script type="text/javascript">
    function playFile(obj){
        var url=document.getElementById("audio").url;
        document.getElementById("sound").src=url;
        document.getElementById("sound").play()
    }
</script>

Answer 1

[EDIT]

One should not use the FileReader API to load an user selected File into its page.

Instead one should prefer the URL.createObjectURL(File) method.
This will return a blobURI, only accessible from user session, which, in case of user File, is just a direct pointer to the original file, thus taking almost nothing in memory.

input.onchange = function(e){
  var sound = document.getElementById('sound');
  sound.src = URL.createObjectURL(this.files[0]);
  // not really needed in this exact case, but since it is really important in other cases,
  // don't forget to revoke the blobURI when you don't need it
  sound.onend = function(e) {
    URL.revokeObjectURL(this.src);
  }
}

<input type="file" id="input"/>
<audio id="sound" controls></audio>